Jail overcrowding crisis could see prisoners freed early staying in hotels
Prisoners could be put up in hotels when they are freed early to ease jail overcrowding, the Justice Secretary said. Shabana Mahmood told the Commons that inmates who are homeless on release could be temporarily placed in taxpayer-funded budget hotels if there is not enough space in bail hostels and other community accommodation typically used for offenders. A watchdog warned it was “inevitable” some of the 1,700 prisoners being released […]